Introduction
"Switch Mates" was simultaneously published in London and Paris as a first novel by the young Australian "Avante-Garde" writer, Gene Dexter. It created a short-lived sensation and was quickly banned in both cities. However, copies of the original printing soon became collector's items among conoisseur's of modern errtica. They appreciated the unusual boldness and psychological verity of this incisive novel of nymphomania, lesbianism and an accompanying host of fascinating clinical perversions.
Actually, although nymphonania's such as Messalina and Catherine the Great have paraded through the pages of history, few in-depth studies of the female counterpart of the "Don Juan" have actually been made. The perennially manhungry female whose rampant lust is never satisfied is completely revealed in her modern form in "Switch Mates."
The question arises as to how these woman, possessing such an overwhelming sex-drive which forces them to physically possess every man they meet, can manage to find fulfillment. What happens as they achieve the utmost sexual intimacy with a phenomenal number of males . . . and in some cases, females as well? In short, how do they get away with it?
The brilliant psychiatrist, G. Kirchow states: "The female can disguise her perversions much better than the male. Her sexual life is not as specialized as it has to be in the male. It is interesting to note that the average woman hardly knows that such things as perversions exist, thus making her an "easy mark" when she encounters an aggressive sexual psychopath of her own sex.
"Most women are trained by the man so that sexually they become whatever he is. It depends on him whether they develope into normal sexual objects or into unknowing perverts. They unconsciously adopt the neuroses of the men they are fixated upon. I have seen numerous woman in my office who discussed the vilest clinical perversions which their husbands or lovers had taught them to perform."
If this enlightening psychological analysis is kept in mind, the causes of the sexual adventures, and misadventures, occuring in this fastpaced novel will soon become apparent. Rarely has a certain type of "love among the moderns" been shown with such stark truth.
Continental Classics is reprinting in its entirety this complete and unexpurgated edition of "Switch Mates". Because of the nature of its subject matter, it is recommended for serious students of clinical psychological abnormalities and the mature adult reader only.
Allan Saunders, M.A. New York City February, 1968
Archive Note: The truly amazing number of misspellings in the original pocketbook are faithfully reproduced in this text. No attempt whatsoever has been made to correct the misspelled or misused words.